...a photoBook is an autonomous art form, comparable with a piece of sculpture, a play or a film. The photographs lose their own photographic character as things 'in themselves' and become parts, translated into printing ink, of a dramatic event called a book...
- Dutch photography critic Ralph Prins

maandag 20 januari 2014

Commisioned by Mavi Jeans in 2006 to celebrate their 15th birthday. Portraits were made of some of the key cultural players in Istanbul, such as designers and architects. These were complimented by street food photos and observations found in the Turkish capital. Shot in four days and published within a month to a high standard, the book was given away to Mavi clients and friends. Istanbul’da Stil Pesinde / Style Hunting in Istanbul. Published by Mavi Jeans, Istanbul. 2006. Designed by Esen Karol. Printed by Mas Mataacilik, Istanbul. Hardback with ‘belly band. 100 colour photographs. w 248 x h 325 mm.

ANALYSING WORK TODAY extends the genre of Company Photobooks the present-day, and is based on the research and book selection maded for Schaden_cahier 001 (2010). This selection of seminal company photobooks and daring annual reports is compiled from the private collections of Hans Gremmen, Erik Kessels, Bart Sorgedrager and Mirelle Thijsen/IPhoR.Top 10 photobooks of the decade by Gerry BadgerPARRJECTIV: JEANS HUNTING IN ISTANBUL

Martin Parr, Mavi Jeans, 2006

A 'company' book, made in a few days, but containing great pictures and packaged together strongly. It even has a bellyband